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Some theories about Evelynn.

Eternal791··1 votes·642 views

So with Evelynn's rework coming after Urgot's, I got to thinking about her lore. We know she's associated with the Shadow Isles but nothing else. So I came up with two theories about her origins.

Theory 1: A Prisoner Set Free Remember in Thresh's bio, that mage who was brought into his vault wrapped in chains? Well what if that guy wasn't the only person kept there? Maybe Evelynn was brought in at a later date or had been there the whole time, only trapped inside some magical object (like a genie in lamp); and when the Ruination occurred, her prison was destroyed and she was set free.

Theory 2: The Black Myst The recent leak that has described Xayah, Rakan, some of the latest skins and some reworks has also given me an idea to Evelynn's potential origins. The leak describes her as having clothes made from living shadows. The first thing this makes me think of is Yorick with his cape of black mist. So if it is at all similar to that, is Evelynn directly related to the black mist? Is she someone like Yorick who hasn't given into it but has still gained power? Or has she learned to control the mist?

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Epicurus1 votes

We know she's associated with the Shadow Isles but nothing else.

Nope. We don't even know that for certain. She is rumoured to be from the Shadow Isles, and that is all.

Eternal7911 votes

The very fact that she is rumored to be from the Shadow Isles proves that she is associated with it; because people associate her with the Shadow Isles by thinking she might be from there. Plus she's listed under Shadow Isle champs on the Universe site. Additionally, Riot has said they wish to bring more clarity to her connection to the Shadow Isles.

Linna Excel1 votes

The very fact that she is rumored to be from the Shadow Isles proves that she is associated with it; because people associate her with the Shadow Isles by thinking she might be from there.

Okay, I see where you are coming from, but I disagree. A rumor is just a rumor. Yes she's a sadist, but not all sadists are from shadow isles. Teemo That's saying being accused of something means you are guilty of it.

Additionally, Riot has said they wish to bring more clarity to her connection to the Shadow Isles.

The world building team is often inept and thinks that DC's worst retcons where the best thing ever. Nothing good is going to come out of this. I mean they moved Ahri from Selesyna, maybe Bant, into full on Rakdos. If they can't even get that right, I can't expect them to get anything right.

6FlagsFunnelCake1 votes

What if she has a very deep connection to the Mist, as she and Yorick are the only ones that 'wear it' in a sense, and Yorick only does in an effort to keep it from consuming it. But, if Evelynn isn't just some woman who was completely consumed by the Mist, what if she's the one that...controls it?

Maybe the one who set the whole Shadow Isles in motion in the first place?

Perhaps, the wife of a special King we've heard so much about in the Isles?

Eternal7911 votes

I don't know about her being the Ruined King's wife, but she could be some entity that took advantage of that whole situation. I do like the idea of her being the one controlling the mist.

Chembaron Yamada1 votes

I highly doubt that she is the one controlling it. More likely she is taking advantage of it (like you already said).

As far as I know, they want to keep her lore as being a famous assassin (like in the story they gave us in which Camille was hinted as the Grey Lady). If she would possess such great power that she is really controlling the mist, wouldn't she do something "bigger" with it than just being an assassin you can hire for money?

Linna Excel1 votes

Frankly I'd be happiest if they didn't fill it in. Perhaps cast a little doubt on the shadow isles stuff but not reject it fully. It's a rumor and nothing else, leave it at that. I think she works best as the "we don't know who this is" character and it fits her gameplay themes.

Also, as much as people hate her current outfit but the living shadow clothing is stupid and sounds like riot ripped off bayonetta. Except instead of hair, it's shadows.

RuFiot1 votes

"The widow maker" maybe she will be some fem-phatal elf that learned how to use the black mist to gain more power.

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